Teaching assistants at York University in Toronto are on strike after management cut 800 TA posts. TAs are essential for students; they are the ones who actually teach the courses and do the grading rather than the professor. The management are also not doing enough to make the campus safe for women. If these attacks go ahead they will affect everyone at the university – send messages of support to CUPE3903strikecommittee@gmail.com.
France
Paris: High school students strike over education reforms
Film length: 13:18 French, with English subtitles/en français, sous-titré en anglais A lively, militant and peaceful strike by high school students made its presence felt in a very loud demonstration outside the academy rectorate in […]
Catalonia
Barcelona general strike: Cafes picketed out, roads blocked
Film length: 2:13 Just a few shots to give you a flavour of an incredible general strike in Barcelona, with the anti-capitalist left out in force throughout the city shutting down the few cafes that […]
Cleaners/Outsourced workers
SOAS Outsourced Workers strike
Film length: 7:57 A solid two day strike as outsourced workers at the University of SOAS in London demand to be brought back in house. If the bosses are still not prepared to give the […]